Double free in Firefox for Android and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2024-6609
Published: July 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94622
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6609
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in NSS. A remote attacker can force the browser to free an elliptic curve key which was never allocated and crash the browser.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-6609
Install updates from vendor's website.